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Standing Ovation: Wheelchair-bound University Student Walks Across Stage at Graduation
The University of Portland gave a standing ovation this month to one of their own, Sam Bridgman, a finance major who was forced into...
Houston Bar Gives 100% of Profits to Charity. Period.
The Original OKRA Charity Saloon in downtown Houston operates a lot like any other tavern -- booze is purchased and poured, bartenders get paid...
Anonymous Couple Buys New Van for Paralyzed Police Officer
A couple who wished to remain anonymous purchased a minivan from Dick Hannah Toyota in Washington last week to donate to Portland Police Officer...
Six Photos That Will Restore Your Faith in Humanity – and Cops
Officer Buys Boots for Homeless Man-
This photo taken by a tourist in Times Square, shows 25 year-old NYPD officer Lawrence DePrimo stooping on his...
Maine Girl Returns Lost Money, Gains Awesome Reward
A young stay-at-home mom in Maine admits that she had to think about it a for a minute when her eight-year-old discovered $4000 on...
Largest Green Roof in Oregon to be Planted Atop a Walmart
Walmart is winning over some Portland-area naysayers with its construction of a new store in North Portland that will be home to not only...
Couple Plans Unusual Honeymoon Taking Strangers to Breakfast Across America
This July, after Courtney Dillard and Matt Webber walk down the aisle, they will hit the open road on a unique journey from Portland,...
Superhero Art Tour for Real-World Famine Relief
A new national art exhibit launched by DC Entertainment will shine a light on the company's efforts to raise awareness and money for the...
Strangers Raise $30,000 on Reddit for Fatally Ill Man to Travel
Reddit.com has done it again. The social media community has once again responded with incredible generosity to a personal story of tragedy posted on...
Group Builds Fences to Free Dogs From Chained Existence
On May 23, 2009, a small group arrived at the Portland home of Chopper, a big hunk of a dog who spent day after...
US Industrial Output Rebounds Strongly in April, Jobs Returning from China
Industrial production in the U.S. surged in April, with the data from factories, mines and utilities rising 1.1 percent, the strongest gain since December...
Formerly Homeless Woman Finds Inspiration in the Trash
After surviving a year and a half of homelessness in the early 1980s, Lucinda Yates moved back to Portland and started putting her life...
Inventor’s Project Funded Online Hits $1 Million Milestone
Kickstarter, a website designed to fund creative projects through the support of small online donations, crowned its first millionaire this week: Casey Hopkins, an...
AAA Trucks Now Carry Electric Vehicle Chargers in 6 Cities
AAA is about to roll out the nation’s first fleet of mobile electric-vehicle quick chargers.
The company, which serves more than 52 million motorists, has...
Missing Canadian Mom Found Alive in Nevada After 7 Weeks
A Canadian tourist missing in a remote wooded area of the US state of Nevada for seven weeks has been found alive near her...
Boy With No Hands Wins Penmanship Award (Video)
Despite having been born without lower arms, fifth-grader Nicholas Maxim received an award Monday from the Zaner-Bloser National Handwriting Contest.
The judges were so moved...
Air Traffic Controller Proposes Marriage Over the Radio to Passenger
In this video from many months ago, an air traffic controller proposes marriage over Portland, Oregon in a most romantic way, using the intercom...
U.S. Cities Offer Homeless Free Storage Space
Last Thanksgiving, Phillip Black says most of his belongings were thrown away by the police. He has been homeless ever since illness forced him...
Oregon Volunteers Build Free Fences for Chained Dogs
This all-volunteer group is not quite one year old, and it has already built 50 fences and freed more than 60 dogs from...
Top 5 Greenest Cities in the World
The five greenest cities in the world aren’t necessarily those with nothing but trees and parks. Being a green city...